Deciding on therapy

For couples therapy to be effective, you each must be an active
participant. Are you willing to look honestly at yourself and your
relationship…and to share your thoughts and feelings? Are you willing
to figure out what must change and work hard to make it happen?
These changes are difficult to make, in part, because you must allow
yourself to be vulnerable—to yourself, to your partner, and to me.
The changes also require that you prioritize your relationship—you
must find time in your busy schedule to be together, to talk together,
and to think about how to heal this very important in a relationship.

Before beginning therapy, I will ask you and our partner to make an informed decision about
whether you really want to take on the work of couples therapy. Deciding to enter therapy is a
decision to move forward in finding what is right for you both. In the end, you will either
discover how to improve your relationship together or come to realize that you must move on
separate from one another.

 
Copyright 2010 • Dr. Leslie Becker-Phelps • Basking Ridge, NJ • 908-604-6363